linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH(Experimental) 0/4] Freezer based Cpu-hotplug

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Date:	Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:56:10 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	ego@...ibm.com, akpm@...l.org, paulmck@...ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	vatsa@...ibm.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	oleg@...sign.ru
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH(Experimental) 0/4] Freezer based Cpu-hotplug

Hi!

> > > So I think tonight I'll start adding try_to_freeze() to the kernel threads that
> > > set PF_NOFREEZE.
> > 
> > cool! While you are at it, let me try to enhance the freezer api's
> > to incorporate the PFE_* flags.
> 
> Here's a patch that adds try_to_freeze() to all kernel threads that didn't call
> it before.  It shouldn't change the behavior of the threads in question, since
> they won't be frozen because the are flagged as PF_NOFREEZE (of course
> we are going to change this later).

Looks ok.

> Compile-tested on x86_64 with allmodconfig.
> 
> Pavel, do you think we can remove the PF_NOFREEZE from bluetooth,
> BTW?

Yes... bluetooth has no reason to play with NOFREEZE.
									Pavel
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